A cold, low voice came from within the giant gate. "What is it?"
The Great Pagoda Edict immediately replied, "Reporting to the Patriarch: there are two reasons we have respectfully requested that you emerge from seclusion. We ask for your guidance."
"First, there has been unusual activity in the Eternal Night Desert. We do not yet know what has happened, and the disciples are too weak to investigate further."
"Second, Pei Ling, the current Holy Son of Chongming Sect, has come to challenge us."
"This Holy Son has already challenged the Sect Masters of the Five Sects of the False Dao. The current City Lord of Yanxi City and the Mountain Lord of Jiuyi Mountain both perished in battle."
"Not long ago, he also challenged the current leader of the Innate Religion and cut him down."
"His challenge letter has now been delivered to the Sacred Tower, and he wishes to challenge me as well..."
"Though he strayed onto the wrong path after being born the descendant of an Outer Sect disciple of Chongming Sect and becoming its Holy Son, his cultivation is outstanding and his strength formidable. Judging by his many deeds since entering the Dao, he is not without the desire to save the world."
"He can be said to possess both the heart to uphold heaven and earth and the power to preserve peace in the world."
"If he can be enlightened, he will surely bring great peace to this world..."
As he spoke, the Great Pagoda Edict suddenly felt every sound around him fall silent. On the sea of blood to the left of the giant gate, five-colored smoke abruptly rose and slowly spread into the passageway, quickly growing dense and misty. A cold, terrifying pressure swelled with it, like unbroken mountain ranges bearing down upon